The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-07-22
NATURALIZATION. ETC.

tion in this Kingdom is obtained by
voluntary Oath Of Fealty to the
sovereign and for maintenance Of
the Constitution, a fee of $40 is
payable thereon and certificate
given, and Government takes full
record thereof in a register kept for
that purpose-if any so naturalized
person be Britisher he comes under
clause G of the Imperial Naturaliza-
ton Act of 1870 which is as follows:
"Any British subject who has at
any time before or may at any time
after the passing of this Act when
in 'any foreign state and not under
disability, voluntarily become natur-
allied in such state, shall, from and
after the time of his so having be-
come naturalized in such foreign
state, be deemed to have ceased to
be British subject and be regard
ed as an alien"
Under sub. Sec. of Section 80
of the new Constitution to be en-
titled to vote at any parliamentary
election, every male resident, etc.,
all have first taken an oath TO
support the Constitution and Laws
of the Kingdom. Some people now
seek to construe this oath to he
equivalent to that of naturalization,
and that if this oath be taken it
will have the effect of throwing the
alien voter out of his nationality and
bringing him under clause 6 above
quoted. cannot see how it can be
taken in this light-the fact of
taking an oath to support the Con-
stitution and Laws is not monstrously
exacting upon any alien resident in
the Kingdom, but it does not bind
him when he quits it nor does it bind
the King and country to take such
alien resident under protection any
other than that accorded to all law
abiding citizens. Naturalization
engenders and natures mutual obli-
cations, obedience on the one hand
and adoption and protection on the
other. Naturalization stands for all
purposes. A would-be voters oath
stands for its own purpose only and
seems to be most reasonable re-
quirement. To become naturalized
the foreigner, under a recent Act of
Hawaiian Legislature must have
been domiciled in this Kingdom for
fully s years. This Act remains in
force. Yet, His Majesty, for public
reasons / suppose, has in a manner
overridden this law by issuing let
tiers of denization to several aliens,
one, l believe, and the first, the
present Attorney-General; this deni-
cation Webster defines to mean "as
being made a citizen" Natural
ization he defines as "admission to
native privileges" the former will
last until dissolved by lawful disso-
luton whilst in the Kingdom, or by
the denizen quitting the Kingdom.
But the foreigner naturalized has
been ADMITTED TO native privileges
and is under the protection of the
Hawaiian flag. The words of the
Imperial clause voluntarily become
'naturalized' apply to him only; he
has performed all acts necessary to
become subject of the King, but
the would-be voter has not done so;
he has in fact become 'naturalized'
and comes not within the clause.
He is de facto 'denizen' and citi-
zen of the Kingdom during his domi-
cile in it and no longer. OF course
there are many legal questions con-
nected with the law of domicile but
such are apart from this subject.
Fear of trespassing too much
compels me to close here. Yours
respectfully,
EDWARD FFRAS WARN